Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reaffirmed that plastics and their chemical components will not be spared from his ambitious agenda to “Make America Healthy Again.”
During a speech Wednesday, Kennedy said he will implement a new review program “to reassess previously approved chemicals in food and food contact materials” and “expand safety assessments” to study endocrine and neurobehavioral effects.
“Over the next four years, I am going to use every lever or power that my agency commands and every weapon in the HHS arsenal to change the regulatory environment so that your pro-health innovations contribute to your financial success,” Kennedy said during his speech to a room full of plastic producers, activists and scientists at a summit on chemical policy and plastic alternatives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“I’m interested in a revolution,” Kennedy continued.
